There have been three Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Dryden, one in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of Great Britain. Two of the creations are extant and are joined under a single holder since 1874.

The Dryden Baronetcy, of Canons-Ashby in the County of Northampton, was created in the Baronetage of England on 16 November 1619 for Erasmus Dryden

Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st Baronet

Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1624.Erasmus Dryden was the son of John Dryden of Canons Ashby House, Northamptonshire. His mother, Elizabeth Cope, was the daughter and sole heiress of Sir John Cope, through whom the Drydens inherited...

, subsequently Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Banbury

Banbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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. The second Baronet represented Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

The county constituency of Northamptonshire, in the East Midlands of England was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832 and was represented in...

 in the House of Commons

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. The title became extinct on the death of the seventh Baronet in 1770. However, the title was revived in 1795 (see below).

The poet John Dryden

John Dryden

John Dryden was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden.Walter Scott called him "Glorious John." He was made Poet...

 was the grandson of the first Baronet.

The Gay Turner, later Page-Turner, later Dryden Baronetcy, of Ambrosden in the County of Oxford, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 24 August 1733 for Edward Turner. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn

Great Bedwyn (UK Parliament constituency)

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, Oxfordshire

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 and Penrhyn. His second son John was created a Baronet, of Canons-Ashby, in his own right in 1795 (see below). The third Baronet represented Thirsk

Thirsk (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the House of Commons. In 1775 he inherited substantial estates on the death of his great-uncle Sir Gregory Page, 2nd Baronet (see Page Baronets) and assumed the additional surname of Page. The surname of Page-Turner was also borne by the fourth, fifth Baronets and sixth Baronets. On the latter's death in 1874 the title was inherited by Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden, 4th Baronet, of Canons-Ashby (see below). The titles have remained united ever since.

The Dryden Baronetcy, of Canons-Ashby in the County of Northampton, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 2 May 1795 for John Dryden. Born John Turner, he was the second son of the second Baronet of the 1733 creation and the husband of the niece and heiress of the seventh and last Baronet of the 1619 creation. In 1791 he assumed by sign-manual the surname and arms of Dryden only. The fourth Baronet succeeded as seventh Baronet of Ambrosden in 1874.

Dryden Baronets, of Canons-Ashby (1619)

• Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st Baronet
  Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st Baronet
  Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1624.Erasmus Dryden was the son of John Dryden of Canons Ashby House, Northamptonshire. His mother, Elizabeth Cope, was the daughter and sole heiress of Sir John Cope, through whom the Drydens inherited...
  
   (1553-1632)
• Sir John Dryden, 2nd Baronet
  Sir John Dryden, 2nd Baronet
  Sir John Dryden, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1640 and 1654....
  
   (c. 1580-c. 1658)
• Sir Robert Dryden, 3rd Baronet (c. 1638-1708)
• Sir John Dryden, 4th Baronet (c. 1635-1710)
• Sir Erasmus Henry Dryden, 5th Baronet (1669-1710)
• Sir Erasmus Dryden, 6th Baronet (1636-1718)
• Sir John Dryden, 7th Baronet (c. 1704-1770)

Turner, later Page-Turner, later Dryden Baronets, of Ambrosden (1733)

• Sir Edward Turner, 1st Baronet
  Sir Edward Turner, 1st Baronet
  Sir Edward Turner, 1st Baronet was an 18th century investor, landowner and baronet.He was born in London the son of John Turner, an well-to-do London merchant and educated at Bicester Grammar School. Like his father he became a merchant in London, a Director and sometime Chairman of the East...
  
   (1691-1735)
• Sir Edward Turner, 2nd Baronet
  Sir Edward Turner, 2nd Baronet
  Sir Edward Turner, 2nd Baronet was one of the Turner Baronets of Ambrosden and a Member of Parliament.-Life:Turner was the son of Sir Edward Turner, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary. He received his early education at Bicester Grammar School. He went on to Balliol College, Oxford where he was noted...
  
   (1719-1766)
• Sir Gregory Page-Turner, 3rd Baronet
  Sir Gregory Page-Turner, 3rd Baronet
  Sir Gregory Page-Turner, 3rd Baronet was a wealthy landowner and politician in late 18th century England, serving as Member of Parliament for Thirsk for 21 years....
  
  (1748-1805)
• Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, 4th Baronet (1785-1843)
• Sir Edward George Thomas Page-Turner, 5th Baronet (1789-1846)
• Sir Edward Henry Page-Turner, 6th Baronet (1823-1874)
• Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden, 7th Baronet (1818-1899) (also 4th Baronet of Canons-Ashby, from 1837)
• see below for further succession

Dryden Baronets, of Canons-Ashby (1795)

• Sir John Dryden, 1st Baronet (1752-1797)
• Sir John Edmund Dryden, 2nd Baronet (1782-1818)
• Sir Henry Dryden, 3rd Baronet (1787-1837)
• Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden, 4th Baronet (1818-1899) (succeeded as seventh Baronet of Ambrosden in 1874)
• see below for further succession

Dryden Baronets, of Canons-Ashby and of Ambrosden, since 1874

NB, this is not a separate creation, merely a unified listing of the succession to the above two baronetcies.

• Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden, 4th and 7th Baronet (1818-1899)
• Sir Alfred Erasmus Dryden, 5th and 8th Baronet (1822-1912)
• Sir Arthur Dryden, 6th and 9th Baronet (1852-1938)
• Sir Noel Percy Hugh Dryden, 7th and 10th Baronet (1910-1970)
• Sir John Stephen Gyles Dryden, 8th and 11th Baronet (b. 1943)